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I'm not sure why, but this makes me think of the time before ubiquitous internet, when the answers to questions like this one were much harder to come by.
What I did when I was a kid was swallow every gumball in a carton of gumballs to prove that they couldn't possibly be staying in my stomach for 7 years because nothing else would be getting through.
I'm not sure why, but this makes me think of the time before ubiquitous internet, when the answers to questions like this one were much harder to come by.
Before the internet, everyone knew that if you swallowed a watermelon seed that it would grow in your belly. Ipsofacto, if you swallow gum, a gum tree would grow. It is known
("Kookaburra sits in the old gumtree, eating all the gum nut he can see...")
:- O
I was confusing kookaburra with chupacabra, and I also confused capybara with chupacabra too... and umpires with vampires... being a child was terrifying. LOL
Nothing, really. It's food-grade plastic and it will come out the other end. Now, what happens if you seal high-pressure hydraulic oil systems with it? Let's find out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1RYVSmuOmc
What if it's chicle, does it differ?
Earlier quoted context omitted.
What if it's chicle, does it differ?
It would be an achievement on itself to find true chicle, the vast majority of chewing gum worldwide is synthetic rubber.
Edit: "Simply Gum" is the company I tried.
My child went through a phase of swallowing a bunch of gum. He got appendicitis. It might have been a coincidence. The article does not mention appendicitis but some of the symptoms are the same as intestinal blockage.